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Aura, Ki & Healing [Paperback]

Shojiro Sugiyama (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)


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Book Description

January 10, 2000
This book explains how to produce and project mental energy as external power and how to create a radar system for martial artists.

You may have experienced the feeling of being watched;and when you looked around, you discovered that indeed someone had been watching you. You felt his intention with your sixth sense. This intention or desire is called Ki (Chi in Chinese), and it can be seen as an aura. Furthermore, you can make this power of desire, or Ki, stronger and use it as an external physical force.

If you can relax very deeply, you can be aware of things that you have never been aware of before. You can experience this external physical force.

You will:
1. gain a peaceful mind
2. gain stronger motivation to do things
3. use Ki as a human radar system to become more aware of your opponents
4. strengthen your phyical power without building up bigger muscles
5. be able to use Ki for healing

Sometime we meet people who say "there is no such thing as Ki." Such a statement may mean that they have not studied Ki; and off the top of their head, they made a decision to deny Ki.

Perhaps they do not want to admit it because Ki appears to be supernatural, something that cannot be proven. They think that their science is always right.

Maybe some people have studied Ki, but they have had poor instruction or were poor students; therefore, they have decided that since they cannot feel Ki it does not exist.

I believe that most people can experience this external physical force within an hour's lesson or by reading and experimenting with the several lessons within this book.

Sugiyama, Shojiro


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About the Author

Shojiro Sugiyama is known by his colleagues as a maverick. He teaches traditional Karate in a very contemporary way. Even though he teaches traditional Karate, almost every one of his approaches to training are differ from traditional methods. His intent is to make Karate easier to comprehend and learn.

Unfortunately many Karate instructors us a "Monkey see Monkey do" approach to teaching - Sugiyama doesn't. If a college is a place where one goes to learn how to think then the Sugiyama Dojo (school) is where one goes to teach oneself Karate through thought and reason. Sugiyama encourages questions and debate. His job as teacher is to help his students gain a better understanding of Karate and guide their learning so that they can improve. He believes that eventually every student should become better than their teacher.

Similarly, Sugiyama's books reflect his unique approach to Karate. His books break new ground and continue to develop the art of Karate. He believes that just as the student should surpass the teacher his books will eventually become obsolete (or collector's items) as new books are written. This constant drive toward innovation and development marks Sugiyama as a one of a kind Karate instructor.

Shojiro Sugiyama was born in Tokyo in 1929. In 1954, after training in two other styles of Karate, he began studying with the Japan Karate Association (Yotsuya), Japan. In 1963, he was invited to come to Chicago to teach Karate. He continues to teach at his dojo located on the north side of Chicago.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 95 pages
  • Publisher: Shojiro Sugiyama; Revised edition (January 10, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0966904818
  • ISBN-13: 978-0966904819
  • Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,798,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My thoughts on Aura, Ki, & healing, May 22, 2000
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When I first began studying Karate under Sensei Sugiyama, I remember feeling somewhat bewildered at the amount of time and attention we had to devote toward the cultivation and manipulation of "ki" energy. Unlike his more experienced students, I had difficulties dealing with this seemingly intangible force. This soon changed as I not only began to physically send and receive ki energy, I was able to see the aura generated by this energy around my hands and other people in the class. The lessons featured in Shojiro Sugiyama's 'Aura, Ki, & Healing' guide the reader in a step by step manner toward unleashing and controlling this innate energy. The writing and illustrations are concise and easy to understand. I recommend this book for anyone (whether they be students of the martial arts or not) who might be interested in developing better self-maintenance skills.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It is the best self teaching toll usefull in everyday life, November 27, 2002
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Val Kucherenko (Burlingame, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aura, Ki & Healing (Paperback)
The Book "Aura, Ki and Healing" is a most comprehensive explanatory tool for intelligent person and for dummy. I consider myself a dummy, even though, I have two master degrees (MBA from Kellogg and Engineering)and like detailed explanations of everything. I participated in healing workshops and have read many martial arts books. I have been practicing karate for more than 15 years. This book builds a powerful link between the art of defense and internal power. Both combined can increase significantly your strengths and predictability of the opponent intentions. Simple exercises in a matter of days will give you ability to realize your own power and the power of the opponent before engaging into sparring. In business meetings and negotiations I am able now to foster positive energy between me and negotiation side. My wife is a hillier and she loves mr. Sugiyama's exercises because she really can sense the power of "Ki" so necessary in her everyday life. We both practice by this book every morning. Thank you Sansei.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! One of Its Kind Book on Ki and Its Amazing Powers, June 5, 2000
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What really is that elusive "Ki" energy? How to develop and harness it to enrich our martial arts as well as our everyday experience? Aura, Ki & Healing, written by a karate veteran and a true teacher and educator, answers those questions through countless examples, so brilliantly illustrated and explained. The book also provides the reader with many other insights on karate, Ki-breathing and Ki-meditation, insights on collecting Ki from around us, transmitting Ki around the world and utilizing Ki to heal injuries and ailments. While the exercises from Aura, Ki & Healing supplement my karate practice, surely you do not need to be involved in martial arts to do or benefit from them. As the book makes it clear, the principles of Ki are universal: they apply equally on the martial arts floor, the golf course, shooting range, classroom or in the workplace.
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